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The construction of family in German feature films in the digital era

Werkstatt-Eintrag am 7. Juli 2022

Der Aufsatz untersucht Familienbilder im deutschen Kinospielfilm und fragt, wie das familiäre Zusammenleben semantisch aufgeladen ist. Ein Beitrag im Rahmen des IAMCR-Dossiers „Technological and Cultural Changes in the Digital Era“, erschienen in Revista Famecos – Mídia, Cultura e Tecnologia (Brasilien).

 

This paper critically examines images of domestic life in German cinema in the digital era. Based on the assumption that the film medium in Germany, which is largely sponsored by the state, reflects struggles for legitimate meaning, the discourse analysis of 20 outstanding German feature films dealing with family matters from the past decade reveals that despite cultural and technological changes, national film output mainly constructs idealistic family scenarios that plead for cohesion and are hardly progressive.

Thomas Wiedemann: The construction of family in German feature films in the digital era. In: Revista Famecos – Mídia, Cultura e Tecnologia 29 Jg. (2022), S. 1-11.

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